MOAB June 1950 CORONA ARCH Summer 1960 “They will never be able to see what we saw. They will never feel what we felt. They will never learn what we know.” Edward Abbey To see the PDF version of this…
I grew up in Portland Oregon, and when I was in the fourth grade, 9 years old (1957), my Dad sprung me for a week to go to, of all places, Moab, Utah. To this day, I do not know…
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DOWNTOWN RENO, 1944 & 2013 (present day ‘reality’ courtesy of Google street view) Fallon, NV HERB RINGER came West from his home in New Jersey in 1939. Camera in hand, Herb captured the American West, from the Canadian Border…
Paul Vlachos is a New Yorker who understands The West. And he is a New Yorker who understands New York. Wherever Paul goes, he finds signs of life… 1. It may not be much, photographically, but this photo has a…
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT…Jim Stiles “Our Friends Were Dearer Then”—Herb Ringer 1913-1998 An Introduction to this Special Issue of The Zephyr also…“Stiles Road Rules #43, Confessions and Complaints of a Lifelong Jaywalker” SOWING CLOVER…Tonya Stiles “The Forgotten Conservative Case…
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In the fall of 1939, Herb Ringer traveled west from Ringoes, New Jersey to pursue a divorce in Reno, Nevada. He stayed at a small boarding house on Virginia Avenue for the next several months. While he was there, Herb…
When Herb gave his father a journal for Christmas in 1944, JOSEPH RINGER put it to good use. In addition to his remarkable commentary that spanned the years 1944 to 1963, he liked to make lists. This is one of…
“The first time I stopped at Cameron was when I had my 1946 Ford. It was going to be a long drive, from the South Rim all the way to Kanab. And so my father suggested we stop. We noticed…